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Thursday’s nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards offered a snapshot of an industry stirred by crosscurrents of change, reflecting some of the growing racial diversity in casting, network experiments with ambitious programming, and the rising clout of streaming TV providers.

Netflix, now a regular Emmy force, garnered 34 nominations—including nods for “House of Cards” and “Orange Is the New Black” for outstanding drama series–behind only HBO (126) and FX Networks (38). Amazon broke into the running with 11 nominations for “Transparent,” its drama about a man transitioning between genders. Read More »

The nominees for the 67th Annual Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and even though no trophies were handed out – that will happen at the actual ceremony on September 20th, on Fox – there were still some clear winners and losers. Many of the nominees were predicted – and predictable – but a few came through as happy surprises. And, of course, there are always the overlooked fan-and-critical favorites. Read on for our list of who has reason to celebrate this Emmy season, and who should be crying foul. Read More »

“Game of Thrones,” ”Mad Men,” ”Orange Is the New Black,” ”Transparent” and ”House of Cards” are among the top honorees in the nominations for the 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which were announced Thursday morning.

“Game of Thrones” had the most nominations with 24. “American Horror Story: Freak Show” followed with 19 nominations.

While appearing on “The Tonight Show” Wednesday, comedian and “Orange Is the New Black” actor Mike Birbiglia had a real humdinger of an anecdote to tell Jimmy Fallon.

Birbiglia and his then-pregnant wife were at an event to meet Barack Obama several months back, and they decided the president should be the first one to learn of their happy news. Birbiglia’s wife, Jen, then asked Obama for some parenting advice. The president graciously obliged, but the couple was not expecting what they heard next. Fortunately, Birbiglia had written down exactly what Obama said (the comedian even produced his notebook and showed the audience his hastily scribbled notes). Read More »

The inmates of Litchfield Penitentiary on “Orange Is the New Black” lead complicated lives that the Netflix series depicts in a number of different ways, including music. Along with existing pop songs, the show uses original music by Gwendolyn Sanford, Brandon Jay and Scott Doherty, whose work includes three compositions from season three that Speakeasy presents today.

Two of the pieces, “Heroin Romper Room” and “Incarcerated Bargaining,” are short bits of music that accompanied scenes on the show, while the third, “On Golden Pond,” carried an 11-minute stretch with almost no dialogue in the season finale. “Working on that was really exciting,” Sanford says by email.

The third season of “Orange Is the New Black” has been out for 10 days, with this latest batch of episodes showing a darker side to Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) as well as an underlying commentary on prison reform. The accompanying music for this season has reflected those moods, too, with a mix of classic artists like the Byrds and Ike & Tina Turner, punk-rock influenced groups like Bikini Kill and Dum Dum Girls, hip-hop from 2 Chainz, and even an original song from a 13-year-old who goes by the name Miss E, daughter of “Orange” creator Jenji Kohan.

Click through to hear a playlist with all the songs used in the new season. Read More »

Warning: This article contains major spoilers from the third season of “Orange Is the New Black.” All 13 episodes are currently available on Netflix.

Lea DeLaria is a Jill of All Trades. She started as a standup comedian and has transitioned to nearly every aspect of show business, save for polka, while starring as the unapologetically out character Carrie “Big Boo” Black on “Orange Is the New Black.” DeLaria’s next big act brings her back to her first love—jazz. DeLaria is releasing her fifth studio album, “House of David: delaria+bowie=jazz,” a record of 12 David Bowie covers with a jazz influence.

The album–which is available for digital download Tuesday and in CD form Wednesday–had been gestating for years, but was delayed by the success of “Orange Is the New Black.” DeLaria took a break from promoting the album and duets with Conan O’Brien to talk to Speakeasy about coming back to record and the success of the show, including her first love scene. Read More »

Warning: This essay contains major spoilers from the new season of “Orange Is the New Black.” All 13 episodes are currently available on Netflix.

Let’s face it: Playing the good girl all the time gets boring really fast.

When Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) first showed up at Litchfield Penitentiary at the start of Netflix‘s monster hit “Orange Is the New Black,” she was a scared, street-smarts-lacking pampered white girl who, when not stuck with bland story lines, was pitifully inept at managing prison life. But now, at the close of Season 3, she has evolved into a Godfather-esque crime boss within Litchfield’s walls, having become more of a crook on the inside than she ever was on the outside. And you know what? She’s scary now. Read More »

“Orange Is the New Black” actress Lea DeLaria got a big push for her upcoming album of David Bowie covers during her appearance on “Conan” Tuesday night.

The multihyphenate performer may be best known for her role as inmate Carrie “Big Boo” Black on the hit Netflix series, but she’s also an accomplished jazz singer with five albums on the Warner Jazz label to her credit.

DeLaria’s latest record, “House of David: delaria + bowie = jazz,” which features DeLaria’s jazzy take on 12 classic Bowie tunes, is set for release online on June 23rd. But while chatting with Conan O’Brien last night, she offered up a pretty sweet preview of what listeners can expect. Read More »

Warning: This article contains major spoilers from the third season of “Orange Is the New Black.” All 13 episodes are currently available on Netflix.

At the end of Netflix‘s third season of “Orange Is the New Black,” it looked like things were going to turn out all right for inmate Dayanara Diaz.

As she settled into a lakeside embrace from her long-estranged mother, Aleida (Elizabeth Rodriguez), also a prisoner at Litchfield Penitentiary, Daya seemed to have made peace with her predicament: After spending most of her incarceration pregnant – and finding herself abandoned by her corrections officer baby daddy early on in the third season – Daya gave birth to a little girl in the penultimate episode. Although she spent most of the new season vacillating between keeping the child and giving her to Pornstache’s upper-middle-class mom, Delia (Mary Steenburgen), Daya ultimately accepted Aleida’s (underhanded) decision to have her dangerously unstable “domestic partner,” Cesar, raise the baby until Daya’s release. Read More »

Two weeks ago, actress and singer Patti LuPone grabbed a cell phone out of the hand of an audience member who was texting during a performance of her current play, "Shows for Days." The bold move led to an outpouring of support from fans fed up with glowing screens. Ms. LuPone gives us her five rules of theater etiquette.